I just received an offprint from Laurent Héry of a new paper he published on the life and work of Pierre Choque, the famous herald of Anne de Bretagne. Here the summary of the text as indicated at the end of the paper: “We know Pierre Choque, Anne of Britanny’s herald of arms,...

Until the early 15th century the principality of Hesse in the centre of western Germany was in a very difficult position, as for many decades it was struggling with different coalitions of neighbouring nobles and princes. With landgrave Louis I. (1413/16-1458) this situation

Roger Machado is best known as Richmond King of Arms for Henry VII of England from 1485 to 1510. He is a very enigmatic figure as the extant evidence for his life (as with most individuals living at this time) is fragmentary at best and he appears to have lived a very nomadic...

History of Heralds in Europe (12th – 18th c.)

This blog supports a workshop and a collaborative book project on the history of heralds in Europe (12th-18th c.). It informs about the progress of the project and provides a platform of exchange and discussion to the participants as well as to everyone interested in this under-explored subject.